The Aims and Outcomes of Social Policy Research

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-06683-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 124 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 300 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Social Administration & Social Policy

Originally published in 1985, this book investigates, through real cases, whether independently funded research which was intended to solve social problems has had the desired effect. It also inquires whether civil servants believe that research has a part to play in the formulation of policy. The researcher’s time scale is long and the policy maker’s is short. Does this conflict always mean that the results of research are produced long after policy has been decided and implemented? The book also examines the funders of social research who make up the third party in the uneasy relationship between social scientists and policy makers. This important study goes to the very heart of the debate about social research.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Patricia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Is There Anybody Listening? 2. The ESRC and the Foundations 3. Research Management in Government 4. Interaction Between Research and Policy 5. Disappointed Hopes 6. Three Perspectives on Research 7. Research Models: Insiders, Gadflies, Limestone.

Über Autor(innen)

Patricia Thomas was Deputy Director of the Nuffield Foundation.